Adjustable and reversible book-mark.



F. w. .STEC H AN. ADJUSTABLE AND REVERSIBLE BOOK MARK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, I916.

1,232,116, Patented Jul 3,1917.

.fi I r- I 'mrowm I FRANK W. STECHAN, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

ADJUSTABLE AN D Application filed November 2 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. STEOHAI- I,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented a new and Improved Adjustable and Reversible Book Mark', of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a bdok mark of the type having a movable pointer, and more particularly the invention relates to a book mark of the indicated type in which a slotted fiat strip is provided with a pointer or pointers adjustable longitudinally of the strip to be positioned at any point along the same, the pointer being disposed either to the right or to the left, or two pointers may be employed disposed in the same direction or in opposite directions. Each pointer comprises lates at opposite sides of the strip and an intermediate block snugly fitting the slot of the strip, the plate on each side comprising a pointer head and a guiding base, the said pointer heads and guiding bases be ing within the side edges of the strip whereby they are protected by the strip so that the pointer will not penetrate the leaves and will not itself be damaged by catching on any other object.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views. Figure 1 is a perspective view of, a book mark embodying my invention,.showing the same in use in a book, the" mark being equipped with a single pointer; I

Fig. 2 is a face view of the mark equipped with two pointers disposed in the same direction;

Fig. 3 is a view of the book mark shown in Fig. 2- but bodily reversed to dis ose the pointers in the opposite direction positions in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Figs. 2 and 3 but showing the two pointers isposed .in opposite directions;

Fig. 5 is a cross section on Fig. 2.

In forming a marker in accordance with my invention, an oblong flat strip 10 is produced of paper,

suitable material. The said strip is formed Specification of Letters Yatent.

- cient frictional engagement formed with side plates cm the the line 5-5,

metal, celluloid, or other nnvnnsrnnn BOOK-MARK.

Patented July 3, 1917.

9, 1916. Serial No. 134,026.

with a longitudinal slot 11, thereby produclng fiat side bars 12 and end bars 13.

The strip in the form shown in Fig. 1 is equipped with a single pointer. In Figs. 2 to f1, the strip is provided with two of said pointers.

Each pointer, as best seen in Fig. 5, comprises two face plates 14 on the opposite sides of the strip 10 and an intermediate block 15 which is oblong has a snug fit in the slot 11, so that the pointer may be moved longitudinally of the strip and have suflitain the pointer in adjusted position.

Each face plate 14 is formed at one side into a pointer head 16, and at the opposite sides of the slot, the plate is formed with a guiding base 17. It is to be observed that the pointers terminate at or within the side edges of the strip 10 to be thereby protected at all timesby the strip and be prevented from catching on the book leaves or other objects.

In Fig. 2 both pointersare disposed in the same direction and the book mark may be bodily reversed to I in the oppositedirection as in Fig. 3. In

Fig. 4; one pointer has its pointer 'head distherewith to redispose the two pointers posed toward the left and the other disposed toward the right. By bodily reversing the book mark a line on either page of a book A may be indicated by reversing the mark'from the position shown in full Fig. 1 to that shown in dotted lines. With the two pointers disposed in reverse tions Fig. 4., lines on 2 pages may be indicated, or with the marker shown in Figs. 2 and 3, a particular paragraph or section of the page can be indicated between the pointers.

It will be clear by having the pointer having pointer elements at opposite sides, the book mark may bereversed endwise, that is to say, either end may be disposed at the top of a book, to reverse the direction of the pointer or turned over to present one face or the other up ermost, thereby optionally disposing th pointer to the right or to the left.

Having thus described my jmventiomfll claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent: v

A book mark including an elongatedflat line's direcstrip vhaving .a longitudinal slot thereby plates each extendingl transversely of the j forming parallel side bars, and end bars constrip and overlying t e strip at both sides necting the side bars, and an indicating deof the block, one end of each face plate be- '13 vice comprising an oblong block fitting in ing in theform of a pointer and saidplates 5 said slot and slidable therein for movement terminating atboth ends Within the side along the strip, and flat face plates carried edges of the strip. I

by the block at opposite faces thereof, said FRANK ,W. STECHAN. 

